Biden says that 'if Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running' (Page 2/2) 82-T/A [At Work] DEC 20, 07:52 AM quote Originally posted by rinselberg: I'm surprised he didn't want "Mein Kampf" added to the list of books he claims to have read... it's not like he is reputed to be or ever have been much of a reader. That was about the first 25 percent of the entire text; the remainder, of course, is online. But I'm not making a "gift" of this, as I have recently with two other New York Times article. (I got that idea from theBDub.) Michael Gold for the New York Times; December 19, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/202...tler-mein-kampf.html Since you bring it up, I've actually read Mein Kampf. Not because I supported his idealism, but because I was on a WW2 kick about ~20 years ago and was reading as many books as I could on the subject. I came to realize that evil is often right in front of us... but we fail to notice it because of our cognitive biases. That is, we accept value based on "emotion" and we embrace denialism to anything that is counter to what we assert from those idealistic beliefs. In effect, we see what we want to see, and we wave away the negatives subconsciously or justify them as a necessary evil for whatever cause we support. In effect... we excuse "the end justifies the means," approach. Which is exactly what you saw in WW2 with the citizens of Germany in regard to the holocaust during the manifestation of Hitler's mental illness and sociopathy. cliffw DEC 20, 08:16 AM quote Originally posted by rinselberg: ... illegal aliens “poisoning the blood of our country,” ... Do you think he was right ? I am going to buy you a small order of french fries. With a whole bottle of catsup on it. Did you know, three in five illegal immigrants are getting welfare ?